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Saulteau First Nations’ Community-Wide Residential Solar Program

September 3, 2025 By Trevor Chow-Fraser

The Saulteau First Nations is installing solar panels on nearly all of the homes in their community, bringing benefits ranging from cost-savings to community capacity and skill development, all in a region with cold and dark winters.

Filed Under: Case Studies

August 14, 2025 By Trevor Chow-Fraser

Nominees for 2025 We know that local governments are on the front lines of climate action, and that climate is only one of myriad responsibilities on their plates. In this…

Filed Under: CEA News

August 6, 2025 By Trevor Chow-Fraser

CEA’s locally-driven review of CleanBC finds that communities want to see the Province of BC reaffirm its commitment to climate action.

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June 24, 2025 By Trevor Chow-Fraser

Electric kick scooters are connecting transit riders to the first and last kilometer of their commute in the City of Coquitlam.

Filed Under: Case Studies

June 24, 2025 By Trevor Chow-Fraser

The Capital Regional District’s Climate Action and Adaptation Service highlights how local governments can successfully pool resources, share expertise, and coordinate efforts to overcome the capacity and resource limitations of individual municipalities.

Filed Under: Case Studies

June 24, 2025 By Trevor Chow-Fraser

Heat pumps on the roof of a high rise urban building.

A novel use of municipal revitalization tax exemption is incentivizing heat pumps in Victoria and Saanich apartments and condos.

Filed Under: Case Studies

June 24, 2025 By Trevor Chow-Fraser

Electric scooters parked in Kelowna

After joining BC’s electric kick scooter pilot program in 2021, Kelowna now has the highest per capita micro-mobility ridership in Canada.

Filed Under: Case Studies

May 9, 2025 By Trevor Chow-Fraser

BC Hydro is providing $1.8 million over the next three years to CEA—the single-largest investment in CEA’s history—to enable local capacity-building and energy-efficiency implementations across BC.

Filed Under: CEA News

April 3, 2025 By Trevor Chow-Fraser

The four-day Hands-On Envelope Retrofit Training course being delivered in Terrace next week is the latest in a series of local training and information-sharing events facilitated by CEA.

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February 11, 2025 By Trevor Chow-Fraser

Natasha and Cameron found a hybrid heat pump was the right choice for their 1970s home in Fernie, BC. Learn how they made the switch.

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